Top 5 Weekend Events & Local Tidbits

#1 Menagerie at the Museum

Menagerie at the Museum will be an afternoon of animals, art and adventure at The James Museum this Saturday, August 19! For just $5 you can access this family-friendly indoor event featuring real owls, hawks, kestrels, eagles, snakes, alligators, lemurs and more plus face painting, balloon twisting and more fun activities. Includes museum admission.

Get tickets and download the event poster plus coloring sheet at thejamesmuseum.org/eventarchive/menagerie.
Read our cover story on The James Museum at https://www.paradisenewsfl.com/the-james.

#2 freeFall Theatre presents A Motown Celebration

After canceling their original opening production, At Home with Ethel Waters, due to a medical emergency, freeFall Theatre Company will open their 2023/2024 season with A Motown Celebration with Chester Gregory. Songs include Superstition, I Feel Good, Higher and Higher, Stand By Me, My Girl, What’s Going On. Showing through Sept 10.

Get tickets at https://www.paradisenewsfl.com/a-motown-celebration/.

#3 Dali 360° NOW OPEN

Step into the mesmerizing world of Salvador Dalí, as art comes to life like never before at the NOW OPEN Dalí 360° at The Dali Museum in downtown St. Petersburg. Dalí Alive 360º Experience + Gallery Admission tickets include a timed showing of the Dalí Alive 360º Experience (+$15) and access to the permanent collection and art galleries, plus the cafe, store, community room and garden.

Learn more and get tickets at https://bit.ly/3OteuI0.

#4 The Lightning Thief

Head out to the beautiful Catherine A. Hickman Theater in Gulfport this weekend for your last chance to see Ghostlight Young Company’s production of The Lightning Thief. $25/person.

Get tickets at https://www.ghostlightyc.org/tickets.

$5 Gulfport’s IndieFaire

Head to downtown Gulfport this Saturday, August 19th 5-9pm for their monthly 3rd Saturday IndieFaire! IndieFaire features high quality local art and contemporary crafts from across a wide range of mediums, as well as jewelry and locally sourced botanicals along Gulfport’s scenic Beach Blvd.

Learn more at https://bit.ly/3BEko20.

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